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<h3>Overview of Current RAID Technology (May 1994)</h3>

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ADIC (Advanced Digital Information Corp.)
 - Tower System I,  8 GB,    10 MB/s, $10,000-$15,000
 - Tower System II, 2-16 GB, 10 MB/s, $13,500-$20,800

ADS International
 - ADS/1000, 0.6-5 GB, 50 MB/s, $2,695
 - ADS/3000, 1-5 GB,   20 MB/s, $5,495

Array Technology
 - PentArray 5000, 6-24 GB,  10 MB/s, $80,000-$185,000
 - PentArray 5020, 10-40 GB, 10 MB/s, $46,000-$125,000

Ciprico, Inc.
 - NetArray/RimFire/Spectra 6700/10/20, 2-16 GB, 20 MB/s, $10,000-$30,000

Conner
 - CR6-RAID, 6 GB, 10 MB/s, $10,995

Data General Corp.
 - CLARiiON Series 1000 Model 1100/1300, 20 GB,     40 MB/s, $19,000-$30,000
 - CLARiiON Series 2000 Model 2200/2300, 2.5-40 GB, 40 MB/s, $28,000-$40,000

Digital Equipment Corp.
 - DECraid,                     48-96 GB,                   $417,000-$600,000
 - SA900 Storage Array,         2.8-80 GB,                  $18,300-$303,000
 - SF35 SABB,                   1.7-20.2 GB, 6.6-39.6 MB/s, $6,840-$26,040
 - StorageWorks RAID Array 110, 2.1-5.3 GB,  20 MB/s,       $15,100-$19,400

Dynatek
 - XRAID XPR16.0I, 10-20 GB, 20 MB/s
 - numerous other RAID products

IBM Storage Systems
 - Series 9570 R3,           10-183 GB, 50 MB/s, $150,000-$465,000
 - Series 9570 R5 Model 020, 13-26 GB , 30 MB/s, $192,000
 - Series 9570 R5 Model 040, 29-58 GB , 60 MB/s, $337,000

MasPar Computer Corp
 - Parallel Disk Array 40, 11-22 GB, 10.5 MB/s, $106,000

MASS Microsystems Inc.
 - MASSterArray 6400T/D, 8.5 GB, 10 MB/s, $29,000

Maximum Strategy, Inc.
 - Strategy Gen 4 HIPPI Storage Server, 10-54 GB, 88 MB/s, $98,000-$475,000
 - Strategy RAID Storage Server,        5-43 GB,  18 MB/s, $54,500-$274,500

Mega Drive Systems, Inc.
 - MR/35, 1.5-70 GB, 20 MB/s, $33,000

Micropolis Corp.
 - RAIDION-LT 3520, 3.5 GB, 10 MB/s, $7,500

Pacific Micro Data, Inc.
 - MAST VII, 0.5-14 GB, 10 MB/s, $6,995-$22,000
 - N4, 0.5-16 GB, 10 MB/s, $9,000-$31,000

Peak Technologies Group, Inc.
 - Mesa 7000 Freedom Disk Array FA-7040IS, 4.2 GB, 20 MB/s, $19,455
 - Mesa 7000 Freedom Disk Array FA-7080IS, 8.4 GB, 20 MB/s, $28,182

Raidtec Corp.
 - FlexArray, 1.4-7.2 GB, 10 MB/s, $2,975 (excluding drives)

Storage Concepts, Inc.
 - Concept 151, 3-324 GB, 50 MB/s,    $127,224
 - Concept 161, 5-8 GB  , 36-50 MB/s, $67,200-$95,130
 - Concept 51,  2-108 GB, 20 MB/s,    $26,010-$81,300

Storage Dimensions, Inc.
 - LANStor Continua CDA04/6/8, 5-10 GB, 10 MB/s, $19,170

Transoft Corp.
 - DataDock T-1000, 4-10 GB , 20 MB/s, $7,935-$30,860
 - DataDock T-2000, 20-40 GB, 20 MB/s, $22,668-$137,473

XL/Datacomp, Inc (Storage Technology Corp)
 - 9637 Model 030/40, 4-14 GB,  10 MB/s, $37,400-$56,100
 - Alpine 9600,       12-27 GB, 10 MB/s, $165,000-$335,000
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